Online Collaboration in Talent Management

The online collaboration within the various organisations tend to help the concerned people to manage talent within the organisation. This includes the talent that is working at the given location of workplace as well as the workforce that is connected through the internet. This is inclusive of the implementation of the flexible shift timings in consideration of the issues that are presented in case of the employees who have been serving within the organisational workforce. This might help in the proper management as well as the distribution of the tasks among all the members of the organisation irrespective of the fact that the concerned person has been attached to the organisation in a remote manner or has been serving the organisation at a particular establishment set by the company.

BUSM4554/4555 Assignment 1
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BUSM4554/4555 Assignment 1
Article 1: Managing talent in emerging economy multinationals: Integrating strategic
management and human resource management (Total word count: ~300 words)
No. Question
1 Critically discuss the argument(s) presented by the author(s).
 The authors of the article attempt a discussion on the obstacles that are
faced by the organisation during the expansion in the global markets.
The authors of the article tend to focus majorly on the issues that are
faced by the organisation in the development of the betterment in the
practices of talent management (Meyer & Xin, 2018).
 The major research question in this case refers to the discussion on the
major challenges that are generally faced by the concerned organisation
in the development of the talent pool that would help in the proper
operations of the company in the global markets wherein the company
might be planning an extension (Meyer & Xin, 2018).
2 What is the method – how do the author(s) convince their readers?
 The authors mainly rely on the literature that is presented in the articles
that have been composed in the previous times. The research article is
based majorly on the literature review that is presented in the
composition of the article (Meyer & Xin, 2018).
 The article majorly relies on the data that is collected from the literature
review and the scholarly discourse that is presented through the
literature review (Meyer & Xin, 2018).
 The data is analysed through the qualitative research of the secondary
research sources (Meyer & Xin, 2018).
 The findings are presented through the proper discussion on the issues
that are presented due to the challenges faced by the organisation in
the betterment in the practices of talent management in the international
market. The authors have been discussing on the variety of the issues
that are presented due to the employment of the forces that are capable
of handling the factors presented in the employment in the international
markets (Meyer & Xin, 2018).
3 Discuss the limitations of the research conducted by the author(s).
 The conclusions that have been discussed by the authors can be
challenged due to the remnant nature of the resolutions that are
presented within the organisations (Meyer & Xin, 2018).
 The major limitations of the article lie in the unclear statements on the
application of the strategy implementation for the development of the
talent (Meyer & Xin, 2018).

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Article 2: Is workplace flexibility good policy? Evaluating the efficacy of age
management strategies for older women workers (Total word count: ~300 words)
No. Question
1 Critically discuss the argument(s) presented by the author(s).
 The authors of the concerned article discuss the factors that bear
relevance in the factors that are presented in the implementation of the
flexible shift timings in consideration of the issues that are presented in
case of the employees who have been serving within the Australian
workforce (Earl & Taylor, 2015).
 The major research question in this case relates to the issues regarding
the flexibility that needs to be maintained within the organisation in order
to accommodate as well as facilitate the proper retention of the
employees within the organisation. The article addresses the several
benefits and the costs of the flexibility in the work schedules of the
employees of the organisation especially the older female employees of
the organisation (Earl & Taylor, 2015).
2 What is the method – how do the author(s) convince their readers?
 The authors compose the article on the basis of the responses that are
retrieved from the interviews that were conducted by the authors (Earl &
Taylor, 2015).
 The data was collected from the qualitative interviews of 58 managers of
the human resource department across three different industries that
are active within the Australian boundaries (Earl & Taylor, 2015).
 The authors had taken part in the transcription and the coding of the
data that was gathered from the interviews in order to analyse the data.
 The findings of the study are presented through the discussion of the
most suitable strategies that might help in the inclusion of the older
female staff of the organisation (Earl & Taylor, 2015).
3 Discuss the limitations of the research conducted by the author(s).
 The major limitation of the study lies in the fact that the concerned
article has been focussing on the issues that are presented only in case
of the female employees of the organisation and did not consider the
issues that are faced by the older men who have been employed by the
Australian organisations (Earl & Taylor, 2015).
 The major factor that have not been discussed within the article is the
issue that is being faced by the older male employees of the
organisation. The other area that has posed to be a limitation of the is
the fact that the study has focussed on only three industries and thus
cannot be generalised (Earl & Taylor, 2015).

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Article 3: Talent management of western MNCs in China: Balancing global integration
and local responsiveness (Total word count: ~300 words)
No. Question
1 Critically discuss the argument(s) presented by the author(s).
 The article focusses on the issues that are presented during the talent
management within the MNCs that have been operating within the
territories of China. The article further discusses the fact that the
strategic management procedures have not been implemented in a
proper manner (Hartmann, Feisel & Schober, 2010).
 The major research questions that have been discussed within the
article are enlisted below.
 ‘‘How do western MNCs in China identify, develop and retain
talented employees?’’
 ‘‘Do institutional and/or cultural influences lead to the adaptation
of talent management practice to the focal subsidiary in China?’’
(Hartmann, Feisel & Schober, 2010).
2 What is the method – how do the author(s) convince their readers?
 The data in this case discusses seven case studies (Hartmann, Feisel &
Schober, 2010).
 The data is collected through the interviews of the employees serving
the Chinese subsidiaries of the concerned MNCs (Hartmann, Feisel &
Schober, 2010).
 The data was primarily analysed through the qualitative interviews as
well as the data from the case studies were analysed in order to
formulate the article (Hartmann, Feisel & Schober, 2010).
 The findings from the article state that the talent management within the
MNCs that have been operating within the territories of China. The
findings further state the fact that the strategic management procedures
have not been implemented in a proper manner (Hartmann, Feisel &
Schober, 2010).
3 Discuss the limitations of the research conducted by the author(s).
 The conclusions that have been discussed by the authors can be
challenged due to the remnant nature of the resolutions that are
presented within the organisations. The limitations of the article majorly
deal with the limitation of the generalisation of the article (Hartmann,
Feisel & Schober, 2010).
 The article has a limitation in the fact that the study has focussed on
only seven case studies and thus cannot be generalised. The other
factor that is a great limitation is the fact that the article is majorly
concentrated on the internal talent within the organisations (Hartmann,
Feisel & Schober, 2010).

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Article 4: The role of the psychological contract in shaping graduate experiences: a
study of public sector talent management programmes in the UK and Australia (Total
word count: ~300 words)
No. Question
1 Critically discuss the argument(s) presented by the author(s).
 The authors in the article focusses majorly on the ways that are relevant
in the shaping of the expectations of the individuals and the ways in
which the concerned individual might be influenced during the
participation within the organisations. The authors aim to accomplish a
proper connection between the strategies and their implementation in
the field of talent management (Clarke & Scurry, 2017).
 The authors of the article tend to attempt an answer to the issues
presented in the relationship maintained within the management of the
talent and the programmes dedicated to the graduate development from
the perspective of the psychological contract. The major research
questions that are presented in the article are as enlisted below.
 “How does participation in a talent management programme
shape the psychological contract?”
 “How do graduate expectations develop prior to, and during, the
recruitment process?”
 “How do met or unmet expectations influence how graduates
evaluate the talent management experience?” (Clarke & Scurry,
2017).
2 What is the method – how do the author(s) convince their readers?
 The article considers the data from the semi-structured interviews
(Clarke & Scurry, 2017).
 The collected data is gathered from the 68 semi-structured interviews
that were collected over two different case studies (Clarke & Scurry,
2017).
 The data was analysed over the coding of the interviews that were
collected over the case studies (Clarke & Scurry, 2017).
 The findings of the article stated the fact that both the factors that were
considered in the article have been playing a huge role in the strategy
and the implementation of the strategy in the management of the talent
within the organisation (Clarke & Scurry, 2017).
3 Discuss the limitations of the research conducted by the author(s).
 The conclusions that have been discussed by the authors can be
challenged due to the remnant nature of the resolutions that are
presented within the organisational management of the talent (Clarke &
Scurry, 2017).
 The limitations within the article majorly focus on the fact that the data
mainly focusses on the retrospective nature of the reports that were
presented by the case study. The article also lacks the longitudinal
explorations of the experiences of the individual (Clarke & Scurry,
2017).

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Reflection: Why is online collaboration crucial in 21st century talent management?
(Total word count: ~300 words)
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Write your 300-word reflection here:
The online collaboration within the various organisations tend to help the
concerned people to manage talent within the organisation. This includes the talent that is
working at the given location of workplace as well as the workforce that is connected
through the internet. This is inclusive of the implementation of the flexible shift timings in
consideration of the issues that are presented in case of the employees who have been
serving within the organisational workforce. This might help in the proper management as
well as the distribution of the tasks among all the members of the organisation irrespective
of the fact that the concerned person has been attached to the organisation in a remote
manner or has been serving the organisation at a particular establishment set by the
company.
The online collaboration has helped me to understand the various factors that are
helpful in the controlling the actions and the services of the employees of the organisation
in a proper manner from remote locations as well. This activity has also helped me to
learn the importance of the online collaboration in the overall performance of the company
as well as in the expansion of the company in the global markets. The online collaboration
has also helped me in gaining knowledge on the fact that the various organisations within
the international markets are heavily dependent on the social media and the online
collaboration in order to reach out to their target clients as well as conduct surveys before
launching the products. The online collaboration on the part of the companies tend to help
them in discovering the likes, the dislikes as well as the demands of the clients (Hamari,
Sjöklint & Ukkonen, 2016). The online collaboration in the 21st century helps the concerned
organisations to promote their products over the various social media as well as the online
retail stores.

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